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Inedo BuildMaster vs Jenkins comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Inedo BuildMaster
Ranking in Build Automation
32nd
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jenkins
Ranking in Build Automation
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Build Automation category, the mindshare of Inedo BuildMaster is 1.0%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jenkins is 9.3%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Build Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jenkins9.3%
Inedo BuildMaster1.0%
Other89.7%
Build Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Rajat Rawat - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Specialist at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Deployment agent that allows us to deploy out to various other servers but doesn't provide build automation
I would rate this solution as six out of ten. There isn't a big learning curve. It's a very straightforward and simple tool. It can be used anywhere to deploy your code or to configure files. I would recommend it, but there are already better tools in the market. We feel that it's probably not the best tool available, even though we have used it for quite some time. The automation with the REST APIs and other types of APIs isn't that great. There are some things you need to do manually to set up the tool. Other tools provide things you can do automatically through APIs. Inedo BuildMaster is a good tool if you want to have some deployments in your company. The problem is that it's a very limited tool and needs some additional features, like an approval based process for REST APIs. It only works for deployment-related things. These days, tools like Jenkins and DevOps are coming up with build automation. Because Inedo BuildMaster is a deployment-centered tool, you'll need to use a different tool for build automation, which makes it less likely to be used. If they work on that aspect, the solution would be better.
JI
Principal Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Efficient resource allocation and robust workflow with autoscaling capabilities
In Kubernetes, we use node-based architecture with nodes and pods and follow practices like RBAC and rollback. Multiple pods can run concurrently. We benefit from Kubernetes' ability to autoscale pods and use horizontal pod autoscalers to adjust the number of pods based on metrics like CPU or memory usage, ensuring efficient resource allocation and stability under load.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Technical support is quick to respond. I haven't had any issues with them."
"Jenkins is a great solution if you're looking at automation because it reduces manual work and improves performance."
"Jenkins is a very mature product; it has got a lot of support as far as integrating Jenkins with other tools is concerned, with many plugins available in both open-source and commercial ecosystems, and it is easy to configure, easy to scale, and the initial setup is easy."
"The simplicity of Jenkins and the evolving ecosystem of Jenkins are most valuable. Today, you do not have to write a pipeline from scratch. The library functionality of Jenkins helps you to bring all those in ready-made, and you also get the best practices for them. That is a great feature of Jenkins, and that is why it is being used significantly."
"Jenkins is a very good tool, which I highly recommend, and it's very helpful for the continuous integration of any products."
"Jenkins automated the build and test portion of the CI/CD pipeline."
"Jenkins is the most widely used development tool, so there are many plugins and it's easy to integrate. There is a large user base to provide community support, which I find very valuable. If I need to find a better way to do something, I can always get help from the community. Automation is about thinking outside of the box, and other users are constantly adding new plugins."
"Jenkins has built good plugins and has a good security platform."
"It is open source, flexible, scalable, and easy to use."
 

Cons

"The documentation should be better. It should be very easy to call REST APIs, and the documentation has to be perfect for that."
"Pipelines are still young and promising. But this part still has some room for improvement."
"Support should be provided at no cost, as there is no free support available for any of the free versions."
"I would like to have an integrated dashboard on top of it and a better UX to look at. The dashboard could be better in terms of integration with other tools. We should be able to have a single pane of glass across all the tools that we use where Jenkins is the pipeline. This can be a very good upgrade to it."
"We would like to see the addition of mobile simulators support to this solution, as part of its open-source offering. We currently have to carry out manual testing for these platforms."
"Integrating Jenkins with other tools or solutions has presented some challenges. For instance, when attempting to integrate Jenkins with Kubernetes, I encountered numerous errors, which took several days to resolve. In Jenkins, adding a feature typically involves incorporating the repository feature separately. Jenkins lacks built-in Git repository functionality, necessitating an external Git repository to store Jenkins manifests."
"I think the logs could be improved so that anyone using the build for the first time gets a better view as to how it's performing, what the data is, and what processing is occurring."
"They should improve the Version Control tracking system in Jenkins."
"The documentation on plugin development could be better: more examples. ​"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Some of the add-ons are too expensive."
"It could be cheaper because there are many solutions available in the market. We are paying yearly."
"Jenkins is open source."
"It's free software with a big community behind it, which is very good."
"We are using the free version of Jenkins. There are no costs or licensing."
"Jenkins is a free open-source server."
"We use the tool's open-source version which is free. There is an enterprise version which is expensive but comes with better support."
"​It is free.​"
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise58
 

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